AI code translation startup Code Metal reels in $125M at $1.25B valuation

The company disclosed in its Thursday funding announcement that it’s now valued at $1.25 billion. That’s up from $250 million in November. Salesforce Ventures led the raise with participation from ...
InfoWorld

JetBrains introduces Java to Kotlin converter for Visual Studio Code

Extension that converts individual Java files to Kotlin code aims to ease the transition to Kotlin for Java developers.
InfoQ

How WebAssembly Components Enable Safe and Portable Software Extensions

ABI and scripting to the Wasm Component Model (WASI Preview 2). He shares how to build secure plugin systems that run at near-native speed across Rust, TypeScript, and C++. Architects will learn about ...

Code Metal Raises $125 Million to Rewrite the Defense Industry’s Code With AI

The Boston startup uses AI to translate and verify legacy software for defense contractors, arguing modernization can’t come at the cost of new bugs.
InfoWorld

WinterTC: Write once, run anywhere (for real this time)

The unified JavaScript runtime standard is an idea whose time has come. Here’s an inside look at the movement for server-side JavaScript interoperability.

AI Agents Are Taking America by Storm

Americans are living in parallel AI universes. For much of the country, AI has come to mean ChatGPT, Google’s AI overviews, ...
IEEE

Advancing Code Translation with Context-Aware Pre-training in Data-Scarce Environments

Abstract: Automated code translation plays an important role in software modernization, interoperability, and productivity. However, existing approaches often face three obstacles: limited ...